House is filled with visible wonders. The Hubble House Telescope captured a captivating phenomenon when it documented a uncommon “mild echo” the place the sunshine from a supernova explosion bounced off a big mud cloud.

The House Telescope Science Institute launched a glance on the mild echo Thursday on its Hubble web site. A GIF combines photographs taken over the course of over two years after the star’s explosion. The institute likens the echo to “a ripple increasing on a pond.”

“The sunshine is bouncing off an enormous mud cloud that extends 300 to 1,600 light-years from the supernova and is being mirrored towards Earth,” says the institute. It additionally notes that astronomers have solely noticed 15 supernova mild echoes exterior the Milky Manner, making this a uncommon sight.

Researchers first noticed the supernova, named SN 2014J, in 2014 within the Messier 82 galaxy. The galaxy is positioned 11.four million light-years away, which is comparatively near us in house phrases. M82 is nicknamed the Cigar Galaxy due to its form as seen from our vantage level.

The Hubble House Telescope is a joint undertaking from NASA and the European House Company.